Patents Assigned to The Construction Specification Institute
  • Method and apparatus for computer aided building specification generation
    Patent number: 6236409
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a design document for a product, with the product having product elements arranged in a hierarchical manner and stored in a relational database, is described. A selection is received for at least one product element. At least one performance value associated with the selected product element is received. A text segment associated with each selected product element is retrieved from the database. Selected text segments are then used to construct the design document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: The Construction Specification Institute
    Inventor: Linda Marie Hartman